[bmartinson13]

Hey guys,

My crestie is around 6 months old now, and just today when I got back home, I noticed he had a rather large, and strage, bulge on his neck (mostly the right side). I took him out yesterday without any issues and he looked completely fine then, so this is a bit of a shock that the bulge came out of nowhere. Is anyone familiar with this sort of issue or know what I should do?

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[lauraleellbp]

No idea what's going on there, but IMO it's time for a vet visit.

[bmartinson13]

I had him out, and he was active as usual, and he doesn't seem to be bothered much by me touching it. In fact it seems almost like a flap of skin, because it isn't hard and can be compressed.

Maybe this info will help someone in helping me?

[thebluejackal]

I think a vet would be the best person to help you. Animals remain stoic even if they're in pain so that they are less likely to be picked off by predators.

[Kristy]

I was going to say abscess. But since you can compress it, Im not sure. Did you get to the vet? Hope he turns out ok. Let us know.

[bmartinson13]

So I took Spyro (my little guy) in this morning and essentially they said he looks completely healthy in all regards except for the swelling itself. He doesn't have any abscess or any infected glands, etc. So they just gave me "aspirin for geckos" that I am to give him nightly to counter the swelling that appears to only be a skin inflammation. Will keep you posted on further developments.

[lauraleellbp]

Well that's good news, then!

Did they have any ideas what might have caused the inflammation in the first place?

[bmartinson13]

They couldn't determine a reason why it would have happened. There hadn't been any fluctuations in feeding, temperature, location, etc. To be on the safe side, after this happened, I did a full cleaning of his tank and gave him 100% new substrate since it had been a little bit since I had last done that. But it's tough to say.

After one dosage of the medication, it looks like the swelling is better than the initial picture that I showed. So it looks like he is improving. His behavior remains normal, too from all I can tell.

Will update further, soon!

[Kristy]

Some weird contact dermatitis reaction I guess. Good luck, hope he feels better soon.

[stellarawesome]

Wow that's something I've never seen before, very interesting. Thanks for getting him to the vet and updating his status! I try to save all peculiar health related problems on my computer for reference if something weird ever happened to my geckos.

Glad to know he's doing better!